Resolving conflict

Within the international community, one can expect conflict among nations with certainty.  Violent interstate and intrastate conflict is a clash of political, religious, ethnic-social ideologies, and cultures among nations, communities, individuals.  Many of the root causes of violence, such as disintegration in the legitimacy of national instruments of power, socioeconomic inequalities, repression, corruption, intercommunal conflict, racial disparity, competition over natural resources, and religious tension are central concerns to conflict resolution practitioners. Resolving interstate and intrastate armed conflict requires a tailored integrated approach that addresses not only the drivers of instability but also leaders with the ability to navigate the resolution of ethnic, religious beliefs and ideological differences at the intercommunal level.  There is an epistemological gap in the literature addressing the complex relationship between the theoretical and application leadership constructs and conflict resolution and peace development practitioners.